Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-06-06
~n,roRs AND PkoPRieTOR
A-e l,eu,eorsts sae ssasds

wilmip rton has . population Ut the
umo OF not less than sixty c
thousand. Al the rate OF one vote ior
Dysry four and . half persons, the vot-
Inc rate OF other like cities, there ave
so1rteen thousand persons In the city y
n, the ousliaed ago to vote. Oas OF
these 1890 voters only s.6l4 votes
vere cast last Saturday ct An Important
CITY election, Q litsle over one-fourth
the vote Of the city. What miserable
farse 70 be called IN election! 1t IL,
however, the sure logical result OF that
syvsem OF unsAiz, partisan and discvln'
mating laws enacted by the Democratic
Iezislsture In 1873. Then WAS the
com menosmeut OF the DemoFario
scheme to cheat non, property hsiGfng
Repu slicaus out 81 their votes py
cheating the State aud county cat OF
the taxes they should pay, and would
nav. II their taxes were required OF
them. L,t us hope thA. last Asur'
day's election will be the ending OF this
sbomIusble system Of dtsfranchise' !
mont that has been carried on for four |
tam years. Bat the system has gos
down to fine working points new. The
peoole are relieved from the trouble OF
voting, The machine works 90 smoothiF
now that . few politicians need only
LOSE the time to 60 to the polls and wsg
the machine that will turn out a lew
Democratic ballots instead OF the vose
OF the people. In the First wsru l9o
votes did the work that so0 81 ieass
should have done; Ia the Secsnd ward
l64 did the work Of 800; liz the Third
ward 80 did the voting for LOCO In
the Fourth ward the rldicGlously small
number Of l2S substituted itself for 800;
in the Tenth 22S took the place OF 900,
and In the Twelfth ward IS votes went
through the miserable farce OF electipg
. Councilman by 40 voters. ~ Was
stated In . meeting Of tho City Council
in April, upon good Democratic au-
thority, that there were 200 colored
voters alone In this ward, TO ssy moth
ing Of the white ones.
Are Democrats Who worked 80 hard
since 1873 for the disfraachisement oil
Repu blieans Satisfied now: They
wanted Democratic rule aud economy.
They have got 1t in nil its Benocranc
purity and simplicity, after the real
Georgia style, where 2S 600 voters elect
ten Congressmen. What more can the
Democrats desire than majority o
1.436 out OF total vote Of S.6l4? Tit
party revels In sweetness and VII
rev fat from the "Doodle" OF cfi "a.
this Ii not unslloyed happiness What 10
It's true that about II, 00o out OF Il w
refrained from voting for vAriou
causes, but what OF ,ha7 Democrsc
had easier sway. 1t 10 true tnat
thu heAviest tax rate ever In pose
thAt7 We cannot have pure, hoaes
Democratic rule for nothing. L. Is TIL
that over $4,000 Is to be raised
taxes In the name OF the Boezd OF Ed
cation and will be applied to the Gu
rant expenses OF the city, but what
that? This is Democracy and '
cannot have the wholesome ruis
Ds nocraoy without apparent little In
oop sistenoies, and We must learn
boar with these things for the sake
having Democratic rule. IL Is trt
that 8 900 Republicans In the CITY a.
distranchised from voting, thereby FOL
daring Republican victory im posaib!
Dut what OF that? Better by far ma
1t that way than not to have the Inc
Unable blessings Of Democratic b ,nes
aud economy. II is true thai when q
Republican party controlled tss CT
for series OF years tax rate OF
sometimes less, sometimes little moi
was ufficient; but then that was c
togyish, aud nothing TO he rompar
with the mild tax rate o, 81 20 on
one hundred dollars for the sake
having Democratic rule. Democra
must be hard to please II IL We.
grnmble now. 1t has had clear sail
for three years past, and is now ?
oidly driving along on . smooth o,e
Happy Demociacy sail OIL!
FOR DowS-kIGHT palrable ssufi
OF the ballot box the L eventh VI
takes the cake, polling 26o votes
Saturday, the largest Democratic
over cast In the ward, while these v
ksow the ward well po.riYely asa
shat one.halt the Democrats in
ward did not vote at ali. Taa Der
cratic vote In the ward IN tina Presid
tiAl election In 1884 was 1870; for New
for Council In 1886 it wss 1853. and
Sapdon for Council las year 1t '
256 For White on Saturday 2G0 VI
were counted with no opposition agai
him to bring the Dsnoeratio vote G
To the Democrats o. the i eveu.h W
must be awarded tha p2,ol for out'
log their brethern In every ward 10
city except the Third, aud II Is only
votes behind that ward. Taa fell
who rammed hsndtulls G! D,moor
tickets into the l. evsn.l ward b.
box must have thought thst it wss /
last chance for ballot box etuffi = 4
that favorite vocation will ceese ID
new Commission and Re zis.ry
comes into effect al tho next cleo
Let those who have been saying "'
do the Republicans not yots?" hoi
and ask what would be the Use Of
publicans voting under such cir
stances?
In THE DEATH OF ex-Vice Pres
Whs,ler, the country loses snolt
its leading characters. Mr.. VII